Olgi Tokarczuk gra w mit. Anna In w grobowcach świata
Olgi Tokarczuk gra w mit. Anna In w grobowcach świata

Summary/Abstract: The sketch concerns the way Tokarczuk applies the preserved threads of the Sumerian myth plot, and universal motifs of mythical stories. It sets out the rules of the ‘myth game’ from the author’s perspective, and the function that the use of the myth poetics plays in a novel, incorporating in it the modern world attributes and science fiction elements. As it interesting whether and, potentially, why the myth in the form proposed by the writer might be attractive to 21st century people, and what are the links between the convention applied in the novel and other forms of cultural tradition of the myth. Finally, an attempt at answering the question about the artistic value of the ‘myth game’ practiced by Tokarczuk is just as important. Undoubtedly, the author of Anna In attributes a sense creative and reality uniting role to it, it is worth considering, however, if her novel may play such a role.

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